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Yorkers Poems - Poems about Yorkers

Premium Member Standing in Line during the holidays
...When the Language Merge** I walked into Bobby Department Store and yelled, “Where are the Jamaicans and Barbadians?” This might sound a little strange to most people; however, it’s that time of ye......

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Categories: yorkers, allusion, america, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Let the Streets Flow with Blood
... Advocate of rent control and $30 minimum wage Free public transportation! Zohran Mamdani’s a media-appointed Sage For all illegal immigrants, full privileges and rights ......

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Categories: yorkers, freedom, new york, people,
Form: Couplet



Lunch on Third Avenue
...Had lunch with a friend And we sat in the shade In a sidewalk arrangement The restaurant made. I live on the east side And she on the west. We meet to catch up At each other’s request. T......

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Categories: yorkers, friend, new york,
Form: Rhyme
A Life in T-Shirts
...Going through a closet, I was quite surprised to find Several shopping bags of t-shirts That my son had left behind. While looking at them, one by one, I realized they portrayed His entire gr......

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Categories: yorkers, nostalgia, son,
Form: Rhyme
no answer no response 2
... 17 I know, that there are no answers in cognac or armagnac In the wine or sacred prayer, No answers in geometry or trigonometry, No response in Toronto, or Chicago, That’s why we write t......

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Categories: yorkers, appreciation, longing, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member In Memory Of Pale Male
...In the heart of Manhattan, where the city thrives, Lived a hawk named Pale Male, with piercing eyes. On a grand Fifth Avenue ledge, he made his nest, A symbol of nature, in the urban crest. With ......

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Categories: yorkers, eulogy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lou And Doug
...“Politics is a contact sport” —Steve Chabot It ain't over 'till it's over —Yogi Berra Loug And Doug Pleasant gentlemen both, broad shouldered and tall Good sports who respect the umpire's c......

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Categories: yorkers, america, analogy, baseball, celebrity,
Form: Limerick
The End of an Era
...My bathroom has a radio Connected to the switch That controls the light, so people think That there’s some kind of glitch. But whoever needs to use it Hears the weather and the news And the t......

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Categories: yorkers, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
India T20 Champions
...In the Caribbean's embrace, where legends roam, India's cricket soared to claim their home. Eleven years in the shadows, a relentless chase, Now crowned in Barbados, with finesse and grace. Roh......

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Categories: yorkers, celebration, emotions, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Tupac'N Puerto Rican
...Written By: D. Collins 5/22/24 My Boom-Box played this beautiful collab. Two blood brothers rapping like we never had. T......

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Categories: yorkers, music,
Form: Rhyme Royal
The Schock Od An Outsider
...New Yorkers, in general, are very notorious for walking way too fast, not moderately: it's seen as an unpleasant remark; tourists keep thinking to themselves, " They're funny! " It's a stereotyp......

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Categories: yorkers, bullying, character, discrimination, emotions,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member cats of Central Avenue
...Sixty-seven cats marched on Central Avenue Today In the rain, for it is April, so hey, hey, hey They had a mission, wanting kibbles and bits. Some of them were demanding in spurts and spits. Th......

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Categories: yorkers, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member They Pretended Not To See
...hiding in plain sight, she wove her way down the avenue no one flinched or shied away, these were professional commuters They kept walking, ignoring her like New Yorkers can and do She wanted to d......

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Categories: yorkers, science fiction,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Grizzy Bear In the Middle of Times Square
...No one notices any other in the middle of times square This was told to me by my cousins Tommy, Lee and Lair. I bet if I sent out an enormous suited up grizzly bear They would scream and run and y......

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Categories: yorkers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To B Or Not To B
...In the golden glow of a distant evening, Awakens the uncertain soul of a photographer, An elusive shooting star in these captivating streets, New Yorkers offering her a name to avoid collisi......

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Categories: yorkers, art, hope, identity, love,
Form: Free verse

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